All these years later and his voice still sounds very fresh and capable to me. I don't notice any wobbly vibrato, loss of agility, or diminished volume that is typical as countertenors get older. He is now 44 and given that many countertenors already sound rough by their 40s I think he is doing very well! Bravo :)
I love Dumax, hes very watchable and a great vocalist, but I dont think his voice is suited to playing cesare in this opera. His Tolomeos have been brilliant but this role doesnt seem to fit vocally. His acting is wonderful though.
@C.B. I'll try to explain in my bad English: I found the "Personenführung" unbelievable (Cornelia, beacon of the proud Roman Matron behaving like a hysterical flirt, additionally in an incestuos relationship with her daughter/son instead of mourning her murdered husband... Cesar and Cleopatra far from being rulers fighting for power...) I wasn't even shocked (if that was the intention), I was bored. Worst of all: the stage setting, which swallowed the sound of the wonderful voices. I consider that to be a crime against the singers.
@PaulWEvans :: There hasn't been a greater J.C. since recorded sound, than J.L. Also agree :: Y listen to a counter-tenor when there are so many formidable mezzo-sopranos.
That's very harsh. Why do you think so (and what do you mean by anthological)? I put the blame of any perceived lacking on the bad acoustics of the empty stage
@@mllesamedi84 His Tolomeo was, without exaggerations, one of the best I've ever heard. This Caesar is simply not on the same level. I agree that Bieito's choices are universally stupid in every production.
@David Bastardo I won't argue with you on the first and last point ;-) It was him playing Ptolemeo, when I first noticed this singer and I became a fan instantly. Did you see the whole performance from Amsterdam? The beginning of "Aure" was sublime and I keep thinking that it was the bad "Mise en scène" which affected his performance.
All these years later and his voice still sounds very fresh and capable to me. I don't notice any wobbly vibrato, loss of agility, or diminished volume that is typical as countertenors get older. He is now 44 and given that many countertenors already sound rough by their 40s I think he is doing very well! Bravo :)
🔥🔥🔥Блеск!!!
👏👏🙌🔥💪
Is this by handel?
Yes it is!
I love Dumax, hes very watchable and a great vocalist, but I dont think his voice is suited to playing cesare in this opera. His Tolomeos have been brilliant but this role doesnt seem to fit vocally. His acting is wonderful though.
Terrible staging by C. Bieito, which gave even such an excellent singer as Dumaux barely a chance of playing out his talent.
Why do you think the staging is so terrible?
@C.B.
I'll try to explain in my bad English: I found the "Personenführung" unbelievable (Cornelia, beacon of the proud Roman Matron behaving like a hysterical flirt, additionally in an incestuos relationship with her daughter/son instead of mourning her murdered husband...
Cesar and Cleopatra far from being rulers fighting for power...)
I wasn't even shocked (if that was the intention), I was bored. Worst of all: the stage setting, which swallowed the sound of the wonderful voices. I consider that to be a crime against the singers.
I like it
@@mllesamedi84I am a native English speaker and I understood your points!
Give me a mezzo any day...Jennifer Larmore still owns the role.
@PaulWEvans :: There hasn't been a greater J.C. since recorded sound, than J.L.
Also agree :: Y listen to a counter-tenor when there are so many formidable mezzo-sopranos.
Dumaux's voice has come down a long way since his anthological Tolomeo. A shame.
That's very harsh. Why do you think so (and what do you mean by anthological)? I put the blame of any perceived lacking on the bad acoustics of the empty stage
@@mllesamedi84
His Tolomeo was, without exaggerations, one of the best I've ever heard. This Caesar is simply not on the same level. I agree that Bieito's choices are universally stupid in every production.
@David Bastardo
I won't argue with you on the first and last point ;-) It was him playing Ptolemeo, when I first noticed this singer and I became a fan instantly. Did you see the whole performance from Amsterdam? The beginning of "Aure" was sublime and I keep thinking that it was the bad "Mise en scène" which affected his performance.